"This is Tragic": PhD Student Uses Lecturer's Bad Comments on Her Thesis for Halloween Shirt, Photos Go Viral
- A PhD student at the University of Manchester, England sent social media into a frenzy with her specially-made Halloween shirt
- Savannah Clawson penned all the negative comments her project supervisor made to her thesis on the white shirt and flaunted it online
- Social media users expressed surprise that she had been at the receiving end of such remarks and came ha*rd on the academic responsible
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Savannah Clawson, a PhD student in experimental particle physics at the University of Manchester, England has got netizens talking over her Halloween shirt.
The young lady sported a specially-made white shirt that had remarks her project supervisor made to her thesis written in red.
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She flaunted the front and back view of the shirt and netizens knocked the supervisor as they read wordings on the clothing.
"Dressed as my supervisor's feedback on my PhD thesis for Halloween because nothing is scarier than reality," she tweet with the photos of herself in the shirt.
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Some of the remarks include, 'this is tragic,' 'pay more attention' and another that says 'a thesis is not a brain dump.'
Her post blew up on Twitter with over 13k likes and over 1k retweets. She would in a subsequent tweet come out to defend her supervisor and that her post was misconstrued.
"As this tweet is getting more attention than anticipated, I would like to point out that my supervisor is great and I'm super grateful that they read my thesis so thoroughly - all comments taken greatly out of context," she tweeted.
See her post below:
Social media reactions
@aazadmmn said:
"I'm curious, is this the norm as far as supervisor mentoring goes? Because wouldn't more progress be made over a sit down to discuss salient points and give context to markdown comments?"
@isolellu said:
"As someone who advises many theses and grad students etc., this is an unacceptable way to communicate. It's highly unprofessional and its unnecessarily demeaning and dehumanizing. You deserve better mentorship. Period."
@lappinscott said:
"I am so very sorry to see these awful comments. I do hope that you can find someone else to also read your drafts and give you more support."
@ChawlaSwati said:
"Please change supervisors. Mine said at one point that it was his job to sing my praises from rooftops-- and it was still hard!"
@RendiBolton said:
"Great costume, but so sad reading these comments you received. Supervisors, mentors, chairs, advisors, etc, should strive to elevate rather than tear down those who are starting out, while also helping them strengthen their work. These comments do neither."
Kogi poly suspends lecturer for forcing textbooks on students
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Kogi polytechnic lecturer was suspended for forcing textbooks on students.
Legit.ng gathered that the rector said that it was a clear case of injustice to the educational system for any lecturer to impose textbooks or handouts on students before they could pass examinations.
He explained that some “forces” in the polytechnic who were against his transformation agenda made several efforts to truncate the ban on the sale of textbooks to students but failed.
The rector explained further that examination malpractices, cultism, social vices, forgery of results to get admission in the polytechnic is now a thing of the past, warning that the current management would deal decisively with anyone found wanting and breaking the law.
Source: Legit.ng
